I sent this to a site I adore, The Expired Meter, but I suspect our hero the parking geek is running behind. So after a month, here's my story of how I learned about how secure our city stickers are.
I really wanted a Prius. Mostly for the gas mileage and the hybrid and the bragging rights, but also because when I drove it, I liked it. Not everyone in the family did, though, and since I refused to buy a car only one of us would drive, we went with the [...]
Oh Chicago, you're so silly.
We had a really mild November, to the point that I was easily biking up till the week of Thanksgiving. Then came Thanksgiving. Snow, ice, wind, cold. Suddenly, Chicago remembered 'Oh man! It's almost December! I gotta turn it down!' So we've had snow, ice, wind, rain, sleet [...]
Alternate Title: Tollroads, Turnpikes and Turkey
One of the many things I love about my new car is that I can plug my iPhone into the audio jack and play through the speakers. The added bonus is that when I use the GPS and it says 'Turn left in .2 miles', it will mute [...]
Everyone tells me 'Go out for a drive' and my thought is 'To where?' Maybe it's a factor of the green/eco-friendly/save-the-damn-earth/communist/socialist agenda of which I partake. Maybe it's because I'm new at this. But I don't get the whole concept of going nowhere. Now, I do go for bike [...]
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